Immigration to Ireland - policies, challenges, and solutions *Read OP before posting*

Yes that is correct.

Does ireland have the available housing and services available currently to increase the population to those similar sized countries?

...clearly we dont, but we actually need immigrants to help us create these critical needs, we have completely failed to nurture the process and systems that help us create such services, such as our ability to train people in the trades etc, this has been steadily collapsing for years/decades now, to the point, we simply dont have the manpower to do this. again, we re currently stuck at an output of 30,000 building units per year, where in fact we need at least double this, to meet current demands, but we have no way of actually doing this, without simply bringing the manpower in....

other critical services such as our health care system, already have significantly high proportion of immigrants working in the system, again, we have completely failed here to, by continually undermining the whole system, under resourcing etc, for years/decades, to the point, a growing number of people are simply leaving the profession, and even the country, due to this.....

...it really is a catch 22, dont bring people in, and we simply go nowhere, or more than likely, go backwards in attempting to provide these critical needs....

There are many homeless families not being housed by government. They are staying with family or friends, often times split up.

these people are not homeless because of a lack of social housing or because 'd foreidners are getting houses ' there is a dysfunctional housing market in this country which has been created by decades of social policies

Ireland functioned on the trade side of things and healthcare before immigration.

The young people who can build these houses are moving away because they have nowhere to live.

These are being replaced by people who don't have the required skills to build.

We do have a way of doing it, it is cutting benefits that attract people here who will leave and people who can build stay here.

Our healthcare system functioned without immigrant workers, our young healthcare workers again are moving away because they have nowhere to live, an overhaul of the system is needed also.

It is not really a catch 22, we are bringing in people making it worse while we are not actually doing anything to improve services.

So we are underpopulated based on similar sized countries because we don't have the accomdation or services that they have.

So do you think at this point in time, where the goverment are doing nothing that it is sustainable to keep bringing in people?

Do those countries have people living in tents, hotel rooms, abandoned buildings and on the streets?

Is there healthcare system overwhelmed and all other services under massive pressure?

.....again, we ve been over and over this, but you dont seem to be able to process and understand the information, but i ll try again.....

once again, the financialised approach to property has completely failed, ireland is also not the only country experiencing this problem! what occurs with this ideological approach, is that the state steps back in playing a major role in regards providing critical social needs such as accommodation, and uses its abilities to facilitate and encourage other major parts of the economy, primarily the fire sectors(finance, insurance and real estate), to provide these needs, but the overall objectives of both societal and of the fire sectors are not compatible, as the fire sectors main aims are to maximise financial outcomes, profits, share holder value, etc etc etc

...the most common outcome of this approach is highly dysfunctional property markets, serious supply problems, and hyper inflate property prices, again, not only an irish problem....

....and yes you are correct, the outcome of this approach is indeed worse, and is worsening over time, as is the case in most, if not all countries that have tried this approach....

...and again, yes, the increase in population is adding to this problem, but has not created it!

...and yes, it is a trapezoid, as you call it, the ultimate goal of financialisation is indeed to keep creating financial ponzi scheme's, this is why we need to urgently move back towards a more state lead approach in providing critical needs such as property, in order to try reduce the role the fire sectors play in providing this need.....

...now really, i cant actually make that any simpler!

We are one of the richest countries in Europe. Poor policies regarding housing in this country have left us in this position.

government need to do better. Nobody should be housed in hotel rooms, or living on friends sofas.

"Overpopulation" would be determined by a whole range of things : sufficient food, water, medicines, natural resources, energy supplies, public transport, schools, hospitals, finances etc.

It would never, ever be defined solely by how many houses you have in a country.